a second theme, energy independence. the president likely to voice his support for clean energy. kleintop points out stocks, producers of wind, solar and other clean energy, sources have been volatile around these speeches in recent years, sometimes seeing a big bounce that soon fades. some of those names were in the green today. first solar enjoying a pop. it's up some 9% so far this year. investors though unlikely to hear anything on natural gas or coal that could turn around slumping coal stocks. peabody energy and archcole down 10% and 19% respectively this year. back to you, guys. >> all right, josh, thanks very much. yes, tonight president obama expected to address among many issues the automatic spending cuts scheduled to hit on march 1st. >> let's bring in democratic congressman chris van hollen of maryland who is no fan of these cuts. good to see you, sir. thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> what's the alternative to the cuts right now? what would you like to see instead rather than the march 1st cuts taking effect? >> i would like to achieve the same amoun